Helene's Impacts on the Carolinas

The renowned North Carolina landmark and tourist attraction was slammed by the remnants of Hurricane Helene. The estate says parts of the entrance and farm were damaged and some animals were lost.

As power outages, lack of water, and cell service blackouts continue in the mountains, many people are making their way to families in other parts of the states. Some college students whose families are thousands of miles away found a safe place in Charlotte on a college campus.

As officials in western North Carolina provide aid to those affected by Hurricane Helene, there have been sightings of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicles.

Remnants of Hurricane Helene shut down a North Carolina factory that supplies critical IV fluids to hospitals across the country. There's no timeline for when production will resume at the facility.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and several state officials gave an update on response efforts in areas that were hit the hardest by Hurricane Helene.

Some colleges in North Carolina had to evacuate their students after flooding from Helene left them without power, running water, and cell phone connectivity.

When the lights went out in western North Carolina, communication between community members was set back decades. Meanwhile, their loved ones out east and in other states struggle to sift through a worldwide web of information to keep their families and friends informed inside the blackout zones.

Gavin Smith leads the graduate certificate program in Disaster Resilient Policy, Engineering and Design at NC State University. He says it’s a fine line of balancing local “nimbleness” and knowledge of the backroads with outside expertise and resources.

Cleanup efforts continue in South Carolina after Hurricane Helene ripped through the Palmetto State last week. State emergency management officers and Gov. Henry McMaster gave updates on the status of the state during a news conference.

Bakery owner Manolo Betancur collected donations this week for hurricane victims. Betancur and volunteers packed up and headed to Marion Thursday morning to drop them off.